The copie of a letter sent out of the Netherlands, to a gentleman in England touching the present distempers of this kingdome, or some particular relations how the affaires goe in England, observed by the Netherlands.
         Waersegger, Abraham.
      
       
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             The copie of a letter sent out of the Netherlands, to a gentleman in England touching the present distempers of this kingdome, or some particular relations how the affaires goe in England, observed by the Netherlands.
             Waersegger, Abraham.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed for B.A.,
             [London] :
             in the yeare, 1642.
          
           
             Signed at end: Abraham Waersegger, which is a pseudonym.
             Dated at end: 18. Junii stilo veteri.
             Place of publication from Wing.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           THE
           COPIE
           OF
           A
           LETTER
           Sent
           out
           of
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           ENGLAND
           ,
           touching
           the
           present
           distempers
           of
           this
           KINGDOME
           ,
           or
           some
           particular
           Relations
           how
           the
           Affaires
           goe
           in
           ENGLAND
           ,
           observed
           by
           the
           
             NETHERLANDS
             .
          
        
         
           
             Noble
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           TYED
           hereunto
           by
           the
           many
           obligations
           of
           friendship
           received
           from
           you
           ,
           during
           my
           aboad
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           satisfaction
           of
           your
           importunity
           ,
           to
           certifie
           you
           how
           we
           discourse
           here
           ,
           of
           the
           great
           distempers
           of
           your
           Kingdome
           ;
           and
           what
           my
           opinion
           is
           in
           particular
           touching
           the
           same
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           measure
           of
           my
           weak
           abilities
           ,
           and
           the
           small
           observations
           I
           made
           of
           the
           severall
           passages
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           fell
           out
           whilst
           I
           sojourned
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           my
           meane
           intelligence
           kept
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           since
           my
           departure
           thence
           unto
           this
           present
           time
           ,
           I
           thus
           proceed
           :
           Our
           discourse
           (
           as
           it
           usually
           falls
           out
           in
           all
           Republiques
           so
           )
           is
           it
           here
           ,
           very
           free
           and
           various
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           generall
           as
           wee
           favour
           the
           cause
           ,
           so
           we
           pittie
           the
           case
           of
           your
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           that
           is
           forced
           to
           struggle
           so
           long
           with
           so
           many
           great
           difficulties
           ,
           supported
           onely
           with
           the
           tottering
           foundation
           of
           the
           unsteady
           resolutions
           of
           the
           giddy
           headed
           multitude
           :
           And
           we
           are
           exceedingly
           transported
           with
           admiration
           ,
           to
           heare
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           thousands
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           neerely
           concerned
           in
           their
           good
           ,
           in
           the
           happy
           progresse
           ,
           and
           conclusion
           of
           that
           great
           
             Consull
             ,
          
           and
           in
           their
           undoubted
           ill
           ,
           both
           present
           and
           future
           ,
           in
           the
           subtill
           interruption
           and
           fatall
           dissolution
           of
           that
           great
           Assembly
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           strangly
           altered
           (
           upon
           no
           true
           ground
           ,
           that
           wee
           can
           heare
           )
           as
           to
           cast
           calumnious
           aspersions
           upon
           those
           ,
           that
           with
           so
           great
           hazard
           of
           their
           own
           lives
           ,
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           like
           renowned
           Patriots
           ,
           doe
           yet
           constantly
           persist
           ,
           in
           their
           unwearied
           indeavours
           ,
           to
           rid
           your
           Nation
           ,
           from
           the
           most
           grievous
           burthen
           of
           an
           overgrowne
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           to
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           so
           farre
           deluded
           by
           the
           cunning
           working
           of
           the
           Royalist
           Hierarchian
           and
           
             Papist
             ,
          
           the
           three
           great
           incendiaries
           of
           your
           Kingdome
           (
           and
           indeed
           of
           all
           Christendome
           )
           ▪
           as
           voluntarily
           to
           thrust
           ●heir
           necks
           into
           the
           yoake
           ,
           and
           to
           resigne
           up
           with
           their
           owne
           hands
           their
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             Lawes
          
           unto
           those
           ,
           who
           could
           never
           by
           violence
           have
           beene
           able
           to
           have
           wrested
           either
           of
           the
           twaine
           from
           out
           their
           possession
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           talked
           into
           an
           undoubted
           slavery
           ,
           under
           the
           spatious
           shew
           of
           a
           royall
           protection
           .
           To
           deliver
           my
           particular
           opinion
           ,
           touching
           the
           Originall
           ,
           and
           the
           various
           ,
           and
           disguised
           wayes
           ,
           of
           advancing
           your
           unhappie
           Iarres
           ,
           cannot
           be
           comprised
           within
           the
           narrow
           limits
           of
           an
           Epistle
           :
           you
           see
           the
           
             Scots
          
           have
           made
           a
           volume
           of
           theirs
           ,
           and
           I
           recommend
           it
           to
           you
           as
           a
           peece
           worth
           your
           reading
           ,
           and
           whence
           (
           I
           beleeve
           )
           your
           owne
           ●ngenuity
           will
           be
           able
           to
           gather
           ,
           more
           satisfaction
           in
           these
           particulars
           then
           I
           shall
           ever
           bee
           able
           out
           of
           my
           poore
           observations
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           .
           For
           though
           it
           was
           the
           businesse
           of
           another
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           happily
           composed
           ,
           and
           may
           therefore
           seeme
           either
           not
           to
           concerne
           
             England
          
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           not
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           yet
           if
           you
           paralell
           the
           passages
           there
           ,
           with
           those
           that
           have
           happened
           with
           you
           some
           yeares
           past
           ,
           and
           especially
           since
           your
           
             Parliament
          
           beganne
           ,
           you
           will
           easily
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           if
           not
           one
           man
           ,
           yet
           men
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           ,
           laid
           the
           Machavillian
           ground
           work
           of
           both
           your
           disturbances
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           other
           things
           soever
           have
           in
           shew
           bin
           offered
           as
           happy
           meanes
           to
           maintaine
           
             Monarchy
          
           and
           
             Hierarchy
             ,
          
           yet
           there
           were
           two
           other
           whites
           onely
           shot
           at
           ,
           the
           silencing
           of
           the
           
             Lawes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           alteration
           of
           the
           
             Religion
          
           in
           both
           Kingdomes
           .
           The
           maine
           block
           in
           the
           way
           to
           hinder
           these
           designes
           ,
           we
           say
           is
           your
           fixed
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           are
           therefore
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           what
           ever
           else
           may
           be
           pretended
           ,
           yet
           the
           drift
           of
           the
           plot
           at
           present
           on
           foot
           is
           this
           ,
           to
           cause
           that
           great
           Assembly
           by
           little
           and
           little
           of
           it selfe
           ,
           to
           languish
           unto
           that
           death
           ,
           unto
           which
           by
           violence
           its
           enemies
           is
           not
           yet
           able
           to
           bring
           it
           ,
           and
           therein
           to
           make
           good
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           to
           doe
           that
           by
           the
           Fox
           which
           is
           not
           feasable
           by
           the
           Lyon
           .
           For
           my
           owne
           sence
           of
           the
           businesse
           thus
           much
           in
           short
           ,
           The
           ambitious
           
             Clergie
          
           will
           (
           never
           willingly
           )
           hearken
           to
           any
           alteration
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           better
           )
           much
           lesse
           to
           a
           perfect
           Reformation
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           the
           
             Papist
          
           and
           Libertine
           will
           certainely
           joyne
           hands
           with
           them
           :
           The
           Royalist
           will
           hinder
           (
           in
           what
           hee
           may
           )
           the
           pu●ging
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           be
           backed
           by
           
             Davids
          
           guard
           (
           though
           in
           a
           far
           greater
           multitude
           )
           mentioned
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
             22.
             
             Cap.
          
           6.
           2.
           
           And
           for
           the
           foolish
           neutrall
           ,
           that
           hopes
           to
           have
           his
           throat
           last
           cut
           ,
           it
           is
           likely
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           an
           inconsiderable
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           so
           that
           now
           if
           you
           can
           conceive
           that
           the
           remainder
           is
           a
           stronger
           and
           as
           resolute
           a
           party
           as
           these
           ,
           there
           is
           good
           hopes
           of
           a
           good
           Conclusion
           ,
           else
           without
           the
           omnipotent
           hand
           of
           Heaven
           miraculously
           assisting
           ,
           I
           feare
           that
           a
           short
           lived
           man
           may
           live
           to
           heare
           ,
           that
           the
           bravery
           of
           the
           renowned
           
             English
          
           walkes
           hand
           in
           hand
           with
           the
           sordid
           vassalage
           ,
           of
           the
           French
           and
           Spanish
           Nations
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           Language
           of
           your
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           and
           
             Leges
             ,
             &
             consuetudinis
             Regni
          
           bee
           translated
           into
           
             Sic
             volo
             ,
             sic
             jubeo
             stat
             pro
             ratione
             voluntas
             .
          
           The
           Jarre
           of
           which
           string
           because
           I
           know
           it
           must
           needs
           grate
           your
           eare
           ,
           I
           will
           forbeare
           any
           more
           to
           strike
           it
           ,
           and
           doe
           heartily
           wish
           and
           pray
           it
           may
           for
           ever
           bee
           dumb
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           be
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           onely
           said
        
         
           
             Noble
             Sir
          
           I
           am
           
             Your
             humble
             Servant
             Abraham
             Waersegger
             .
          
           
             Vltra
             traiect
             .
             18.
             
             Junii
             Stilo
             veteri
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           for
           
             B.
             A.
          
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           1642.